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A. W. MEYER.

DEVICE FOR POAGHING EGGS.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 16, 1907.

' Patented May 11, 1909.

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ALBERT W. MEYER, OF

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ROSELLE, NEW JERsEY.

DEVICE FDR POACI-IING EGG-S.

Application filed November 16, 1907. Serial No. 402,412.

T 0 all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, ALBERT-VII. MEYER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Roselle, Union county, New Jersey, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Devices for Poaching Eggs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cooking utensils and has particular reference to a device for use when poaching or cooking eggs.

The particular object of the invention is to provide a device, which may be manufactured at low cost, andby means of which eggs may be qu ckly, neatly and properly poached and served.

To this end the invention comprises such parts and combination of parts as will accomplish the desiredresult, and which are fully described in the following specification, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which I have shown my invention in its pre ferred form, but as changes mayoccur, without materially altering the shape or form or construction of the different arts, I claim all such changes as come wit in the legitimate intent and sco e of the claim.

In thesaid drawings: Figure 1 is a sectional view of a poaching utensil embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the supporting stand. Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 are detai views illustrating the operation of my device. Figs. 7, 8 and 9 illustrate various Fig. 10 shows how my invention may be used for cooking eggs and Fig. 11 shows how I use my device for poacheferring now more particularly to Fig. 1, the reference numeral 1 denotes a cooking pot of suitable size, construction and material, which is covered by a dee cover 2 having the depending flange 3 ant the horizontal flange 4 for the purpose of steam tightness. In said pet I provide a supporting stand 5 which I may construct as follows: A foot 6, preferably made of strong wires and stifiened as shown, supports three or'more horizontal members or wings 7, which latter may be soldered to the footand stiffened by, having a depending portion 8 soldered to the wires forming the foot. The members 7 are provided with grooves 9 in which slide spring members 10 having eyes as 11. understood that by sliding the spring members 10 out or in, the size of the horizontal portion of the stand may be adjusted to suit any size pot. Upon said stand I place the Specification of Letters Patent.

So it will be Patented May 11, 1909.

plate 12 having circular de ressions 13in which rings 14 fit snugly. T e plate is preferably made of porcelain, while the other parts of my invention may be made of metal. When I want to poach one or more eggs, I break the same into the different compartments formed by'the plate and the rings and cover the pot, which at this moment is now filled with sufficient boiling water and placed over a fire, or it hasbeen previously filled with suiiicient water which at this time is supposed to be boiling over a fire, and the eggs are poached by the steam rapidly arising from the water and confined within the pot by means of the cover. When the eggs are poached, I remove the plate from the pot and I then proceed to cut the poached eggs loose from the rings 14. To this end I employ a cutting member l5-see Fig. 5 which is in the shape of a ring having a shoulder 1%), which fits snugly inside the ring 14 and is provided with a handle 17. I insert this cutting member inside the ring 14, give it a pressure or a turn to fully remove the rings 14 from the eggs and finally remove all therings 14 by lifting them u together with the cutter. I then have a p ate containing one or more poached eggs and I can then serve them.

The outfit as above described may serve for family use, but for use in hotels, restaurants and similar places, I prefer individual only holds one or more eggs, and in the Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6, I have illustrated the various members used in the succession of operation ending with the finished poached egg in the plate or saucer 18. If, however, it is desired to remove the cached egg from either the plate 12 or smal plate 18 before serving, I may employ a small plate or disk 19 or round cracker or piece of toastsee Fig. 7Which Iplace in the depression 13, and which is as high as the de ression is deep. An inspection of Fig. 7 wil show the p ace the ring 14 in the depression 13, then drop the disk 19 inside the ring, and these parts are made to fit snugly, after the egg is poached, I use the cutter 15 to free the ring, 14, which is then removed and as the top of the disk 19 is flush with the top of the plate, the egg is readily removed.

In Figs. 8, and 9 are illustrated two different forms of cutting members. That shown in Fig. 8 comprises a ring portion 20 which 0 eration when this disk is used. I firstsmall plates 18, as shown in Fig. 3, which fits over the ring 14 and is provided with two blades -11. The cutter shown in Fig. 9 consists of two blades 22 joined by the handle 23 which latter is stifiened by the Wire or rod 24. These cutters are used like the cutter 15, which latter, however, is better because of the shoulder 16 which prevents the surface of the poached egg from being torn.

/Vhen I desire to poach the eggs on individual plates, ll use a perforated plate shown in Fig. 10, which is laid on the stand 5 and supports the individual poaching plates. The perforations 25 in the plate 25 are, however, made of such a size, that eggs can be inserted therein for the purpose of being cooked in the shell; I may, of course, also use the loops 11 in the spring members 10 for this )urpose, so that 1 am able to poach and coo eggs in the shell at the same time. I To further illustrate the usefulness of my invention, 1 have shown in Fig. 11, a piece of toasted bread 28, upon which it is desired to serve poached eggs. in such case the piece of toast will serve as the plate 12, that is, I lay the toast on the perforated plate 25, insert the ring 14 directly in the toast by a gentle pressure and proceed as above described and I may do the same thing with a dish, such as hash or the like.

The above is thought to fully describe and illustrate my invention, the advantage of which can be appreciated, when it is remembered how imortant it is both for restaurant and family use that dishes be served with the greatest neatness and of attractive appearance, and it is well known that poached eggs are very easily broken unless handled with the greatest care. But by the use of my invention, the eggs are quickly poached, either separately or directly on toast, steaks, etc, something which to the best of my knowledge it has not been possible to do heretofore.

It is, of course, not necessary to employ precisely the pot and stand as l have i lustrated them, but the containing member, that is the plate, the ring for confining the egg, and the cutting member l consider es sential for the successful operation. And the terms containing and confining member, I shall use in the claim to characterize these parts.

it claim:

A device for poaching comprising in combination, a plate provided with a substantial depression, a removable sleeve litting inside said depression for temporarily raising its sides and an receiving disk fitting within said sleeve having its upper surface flush. with the upper surface ofsaid plate, whereby, when said sleeve is removed, there will be no abutting sides around the Signed at New York, N. Y. this 15 day of Nov. 1907.

ALBERT \V. MEYER.

ll'itnesses:

IVAN Komesnnno, OLiN A. Fos'rnn. 

